Practice for boys' tennis underway

Practice for the 2013 boys' tennis team at Carmi-White County High School got underway Tuesday, March 12. Under the direction of Coach Chris Courty, a total of 11 kids have come out for the team.

The tennis team lost several key seniors from last year's squad, including Kasey Cooper, who advanced to state. Cooper is currently playing college tennis at Lindenwood University in Belleville. Other key players graduating were Clint Rawlinson, Jordan Knight, Dalton Faughn, Tyler Winkleman and Josh Chitwood.

Tammy Knox

Practice for the 2013 boys' tennis team at Carmi-White County High School got underway Tuesday, March 12. Under the direction of Coach Chris Courty, a total of 11 kids have come out for the team.

The tennis team lost several key seniors from last year's squad, including Kasey Cooper, who advanced to state. Cooper is currently playing college tennis at Lindenwood University in Belleville. Other key players graduating were Clint Rawlinson, Jordan Knight, Dalton Faughn, Tyler Winkleman and Josh Chitwood.

The team only includes two seniors and no freshman. The rest of the team is made up of sophomores and juniors returning from last year's team as well as a few new faces in the sophomore ranks. Returning to the courts in 2013 is the number one doubles team from last season, Drew Brown and Noah Heupel. The duo rallied for a strong showing last year, pulling in the Fairfield Invitational title. Also, Brown moved into the record books tied as the top player for most total wins in singles and doubles combined. He joins Shane McCall, who established the record of 27 during the 1988 season.

Brown also holds down the top spot of most doubles wins in a single season, earning 16 wins last year.

Other returning members of the tennis team includes Mitchell Masterson and Sean Courty, who toured the summer tournament circuit in Southern Illinois last year, earning several top places in events held in Benton, Mt. Carmel, Olney and Marion. Alex Nelson, Eric Arnold and Jerod Quitugua are also returning members of the team.

New to the team this year are sophomores Zach Ward, Shane Trail, Christian Purcell and Stephen McPeak, who are great prospects for the season.

The 2013 tennis season gets underway Wednesday, March 20 with a match at Massac County. The first home match is scheduled for Thursday, April 11 when the Bulldog netters host Fairfield for a 4 p.m. match.

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